Safety-pocket



(No Model.)

H. S. PETERS.

SAFETY POCKET.

No. 594,096. Patented Nov. 23, 1897.

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.HARRY S. PETERS, OF DOVER, NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,096, dated November 23, 1897.

Application filed December 24-, 1896. Serial No. 616,865. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY S. PETERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dover, in the county of Morris and. State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inaCombined Handkerchief and Safety Watch Pocket, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pockets for garments, and more particularly to those which are applied upon the exterior, as upon overalls, jackets, and shirts.

The object of my invention is to provide garments with a double form of pocket in which shall be combined a receptacle for the handkerchief and such like articles as are usually carried in a handkerchief-pocket and a receptacle for the safe carrying of a watch, one portion opening at the top and the other at the side, the whole being neat in appearance, efficient in use, and easily and cheaply applied.

To accomplish all of this and to secure other and further advantages in construction, operation, and use, my improvements involve certain new and useful arrangements or combinations of parts, as will be herein first fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a fragment of a garment with my improved pocket in place thereon, the parts which are applied being represented as broken and turned back to facilitate the illustration. Fig. 2 is a section and elevation through line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section and plan on a plane through line y y of Fig.

1,representin g the compartments of the pocket in a somewhat distended position.

In all the sefigures like letters of reference, Wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts.

When the pocket is not in use, of course the applied parts are intended to lie fiat and smooth against the body of the garment.

A represents a portion of any garment on which the pocket is to be applied. Upon this is stitched a piece B, which, with the body of the garment, forms the safety-pocket, (represented at O.) The throat leading to the safetypocket opens on the side, is of considerable length, and is calculated to be of width sufficient to admit a watch of any desired size, but not too freely. The stitching for this piece B continues from the top of the throat all around to the bottom,and the throat is blocked out by running a line of stitching, as on line a, the lead of the throat being upward from the bottom, as indicated. The watch placed in the safety-pocket thus formed ordinarily rests in the lower portion, as shown in'the drawings, and. is in no danger of being accidentally dislodged through the throat. When the wearer of the garment bends over, the weight of the watch naturally causes it to find lodgment in the upper portion of the pocket, which portion is situated in respect to the throat very much as is the lower portion, thus protecting the watch against accidental dislodgment through the throat the same as before.

The advantages of the use of this safetypocket are most appreciated by railroad engineers and firemen, whose duties compel them to work in unusual bodilypositions, and who always desire to carry a watch in an outside pocket, where it is most convenient of access. With the safety-pocket the watch is prevented from dropping out and. striking against parts of the engine, by which it is extremely liable to be damaged. The improved pocket will also be appreciated by bicyleriders, athletes, and others who have occasion to avail of its advantages.

On the outside of the safety-pocket I apply another piece D, the latter constituting the front of the handkerchief-pocket. This is open at the top and. stitched to the garment around the remaining parts, except at the throat of the safety-pocket, to the front of which it is secured, as indicated in Fig. 3. The handkerchief being in place, as indicated in Fig. 3, constitutes a protecting-cushion for the watch, so that the improved pocket is made to afford a double protection to that article.

The exterior and interior compartments being placed one over the other and. conforming one with the other in general outline makes the improved appliance compact and does not interfere with the tasteful appearance of the garment.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A safety-pocket for garments, consisting of the Watch-receiving compartment having the elongated throatopening on one side and extending inwardly and upwardly as explained, and the overlying compartment open at its top and secured to the garment around the sides and bottom, except at the part over the throat of the under compartment, sub- 10 stantially as shown and described.

Signed at Dover, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, this 22d day of December, A. D. 1896.

HARRY S. PETERS.

Witnesses:

WM. H. MAINS, A. BERMINGHAM. 

